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dekan — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dean noun A senior official at a university or college, often heading a faculty or overseeing student affairs.

Senses

dekan is used for these senses in English:

  • bamboo rat Any of the four species of burrowing rodents in the genera Rhizomys or Cannomys, found in China and Southeast Asia
  • dean A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).

dean — full definition

  1. noun A senior official at a university or college, often heading a faculty or overseeing student affairs.
  2. noun A senior clergy member in charge of a cathedral chapter, ranking below a bishop.
  3. noun The most senior or longest-serving member of a group.